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Rangers vs. Celtic live score: Scottish Premiership result, updates, stats from Old Firm derby in January 2025 | Sporting News India

The first Old Firm derby match of 2025 takes place on Thursday as Celtic head to Ibrox to face Rangers and their under-fire manager Philippe Clement.

A 2-1 loss to St. Mirren and a 2-2 draw with Motherwell to end December left the Light Blues 14 points behind their fierce city rivals at the top of the Scottish Premiership table.

These two played out an enthralling 3-3 draw in the Scottish League Cup final in December before Celtic triumphed on penalties, but Clement will need more than another entertaining encounter ending in disappointment if he is to ease some of the pressure on his position.

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Rangers vs. Celtic score

  1st Half Goal scorers
Rangers —  
Celtic —  

Venue: Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
Referee: Don Robertson

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Predicted lineups:

Rangers (4-2-3-1, right to left): Butland (GK) — Yilmaz, Sterling, Propper, Jefte — Diomande, Raskin — Cerny, Bajrami, Cortez — Igamane

Celtic (4-3-3, right to left): Schmeichel (GK) — Johnston, Carter-Vickers, Scales, Valle — Engels, Bernardo, Hatate — Kuhn, Maeda, Furuhashi

MORE: How Celtic won a thrilling Scottish League Cup final | All-time Old Firm head to head

Rangers vs. Celtic live updates, highlights, and commentary

1 hour 45 mins before kickoff: Talk has already turned towards the prospect of Celtic enjoying another invincible season. The Hoops have lost only one domestic match since December 2023, and their only defeat of 2024/25 in any competition came in that 7-1 thrashing by Borussia Dortmund in the UEFA Champions League.

2 hours before kickoff: This will be the 444th Old Firm derby, and the first of 2025. Boy, how Rangers would like to level that all-time head-to-head.

Rangers vs. Celtic kick off time

The match kicks off in Glasgow, Scotland at 3 p.m. local time.

Here’s how that time translates across some of the major territories:

  Date Kickoff time
USA Day, date 10:00 a.m. ET
Canada Day, date 10:00 a.m. ET
UK Day, date 3:00 p.m. GMT
Australia Day, date 2:00 a.m. AEDT
India Thurs, Jan. 2 8:30 p.m. IST

Rangers vs. Celtic lineups, team news

Clement said there is “a small chance” that Leon Balogun could return depending on how the centre-back progresses in training.

However, club captain James Tavernier has been ruled out “for a few weeks” after sustaining an injury, and with both John Souttar and Neraysho Kasanwirjo also sidelined, Rangers’ options are looking thin.

Clement may decide to follow the same sort of blueprint he used in the cup final, which very nearly paid dividends.

Rangers predicted lineup (4-2-3-1, right to left): Butland (GK) — Yilmaz, Sterling, Propper, Jefte — Diomande, Raskin — Cerny, Bajrami, Cortez — Igamane

Rangers subs: Matchday squads released one hour before kickoff

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Celtic will be without long-term absentee Odin Thiago Holm and James Forrest, but Alistair Johnston has recovered from a hip-flexor injury and came through the win over St. Johnstone unscathed.

Daizen Maeda will probably come back into the starting lineup after his heroics in the cup final.

Celtic predicted lineup (4-3-3, right to left): Schmeichel (GK) — Johnston, Carter-Vickers, Scales, Valle — Engels, Bernardo, Hatate — Kuhn, Maeda, Furuhashi

Celtic subs: Matchday squads released one hour before kickoff

Rangers vs. Celtic live stream, TV channel

Here is how to watch the match in some of the world’s major regions:

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